Martinez gives Indians fifth straight victory

Victor Martinez's bases-loaded single scored Grady Sizemore from third with one out in the ninth inning, and the host Cleveland Indians won their season-high fifth straight, 4-3 over the New York Yankees on Saturday.

Martinez slapped a pitch from Ross Ohlendorf (0-1) into left to bring in Sizemore, who moments earlier came up limping while running the bases. But Cleveland's speedy center fielder scored easily after Martinez came through with his first career walk-off hit.

Masa Kobayashi (1-0) pitched 2 innings, escaping a jam in the ninth, for his first major-league win. One of Japan's top relievers, Kobayashi signed with the Indians in November.

Johnny Damon had 4 hits, Derek Jeter went 3-for-5, and Jorge Posada had a pinch-hit, 3-run triple for the Yankees, who dropped their third straight.

Indians 4, Yankees 3: Victor Martinez's bases-loaded single scored Grady Sizemore from third with one out in the ninth inning, and host Cleveland won its season-high fifth straight, beating New York.

Tigers 6, Angels 4: Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each drove in a pair of runs, and host Detroit beat Los Angeles for the Tigers' fourth win in five games.

Rays 2, Red Sox 1: Akinori Iwamura homered in the eighth inning, and host Tampa Bay beat Boston for the Rays' first five-game winning streak in more than two years.

Royals 2, Blue Jays 1: Luke Hochevar picked up his first big-league victory in his third career start, Jose Guillen homered, and host Kansas City beat Toronto.

Twins 12, Rangers 6: Michael Cuddyer hit a 3-run homer, and Minnesota ended a three-game losing streak with a victory over host Texas.

National League

Cardinals 4, Astros 3: Skip Schumaker singled to left to score pinch runner Cesar Izturis in the bottom of the ninth inning, and host St. Louis snapped Houston's six-game winning streak. Lance Berkman hit 2 homers for the Astros.

Mets 4, Braves 3: Carlos Beltran hit a 2-run double in New York's 4-run third inning, and the host Mets held on to beat Atlanta. The Braves dropped to 0-8 in 1-run games.

Padres 8, D'backs 7 (13): Tadahito Iguchi hit a home run off Yusmeiro Petit (0-1) with one out in the 13th inning to lift host San Diego over Arizona, snapping a five-game skid.

Brewers 4, Marlins 3: Prince Fielder hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning and also had an RBI single to power host Milwaukee past Florida.

Phillies 8, Pirates 4: Ryan Howard homered in his return to the starting lineup, and Kyle Kendrick pitched into the eighth inning, helping Philadelphia beat host Pittsburgh.